Re: Trunk Interior Finish for 1940
Posted by Joe Santana On 2011/6/8 14:38:13
Thanks for photos.
Dave C PM'd:
"The floor is covered with a dark brown "leatherette" - identical (I believe) to the firewall panel material under the dash. The side walls of the trunk (inner fenders) on my 120 were flocked with a tan/brown flocked material. On my current 120 (an original car when I got it) the plywood spare tire shelf is covered with a tan burlap material, which is (as I remember) what was used for the side walls of the trunk of the 160 and 180. (Not flocked.) It's almost a "hounds tooth" brown/tan fabric with a very big weave. I have seen this same material in other trunks of the era.
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The trunk floor material is very stiff - backed with a cardboard material. Yes, identical to the firewall. Like a "flat" leatherette. A very dull pebbled vinyl might be spray-glued to a piece of masonite or thick cardboard and then bound around the edges like carpet. (The gloss of the vinyl might also be cut with a liberal wipe of acetone over the surface.) "
Me, again... So I think the floor is like the firewall material..photo attached of my original one, so I will look for that. If the fabric/material Dave is describing for lining the sides of the trunk is "hog's hair," then I will use that. But gee it looks thick as carpeting, West, and I don't remember pulling out anything that substantial. Pictures very helpful in resolving this. Thanks.
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Dave C PM'd:
"The floor is covered with a dark brown "leatherette" - identical (I believe) to the firewall panel material under the dash. The side walls of the trunk (inner fenders) on my 120 were flocked with a tan/brown flocked material. On my current 120 (an original car when I got it) the plywood spare tire shelf is covered with a tan burlap material, which is (as I remember) what was used for the side walls of the trunk of the 160 and 180. (Not flocked.) It's almost a "hounds tooth" brown/tan fabric with a very big weave. I have seen this same material in other trunks of the era.
and
The trunk floor material is very stiff - backed with a cardboard material. Yes, identical to the firewall. Like a "flat" leatherette. A very dull pebbled vinyl might be spray-glued to a piece of masonite or thick cardboard and then bound around the edges like carpet. (The gloss of the vinyl might also be cut with a liberal wipe of acetone over the surface.) "
Me, again... So I think the floor is like the firewall material..photo attached of my original one, so I will look for that. If the fabric/material Dave is describing for lining the sides of the trunk is "hog's hair," then I will use that. But gee it looks thick as carpeting, West, and I don't remember pulling out anything that substantial. Pictures very helpful in resolving this. Thanks.
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